1856 Birth of Austrian conductor, composer and arranger Felix MOTTL in Unter-St.Veit near Vienna. d-Munich, 2 JUL 1911. Started his studies at a seminary, then the Vienna Conservatory. Assistant at the Bayreuth (1876). He had a long intimate relationship with the soprano Zdenka Fassbender (m/s) (1879-1954) Ger., and was legalized in marriage on his deathbed.

1912 Birth of German tenor Lorenz Fehenberger, in Oberweidach. d. Munich, July 29, 1984. Studied singing in Munich. Début in Der Rosenkavalier, at the Graz opera (1939). 1941- 45, he sang at the Dresden State Opera. 1946- 77, he was a member of the ensemble of the Bavarian State Opera, Munich. Created the role of [Haemon] in Carl Orff's Antigonae, Salzburger Festspiele (1949), where also sang frequently in concert performances, 1949-67. Royal Opera House, CG, Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires), Maggio Fiorentino, Vienna State Opera, and at opera companies in Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, and the Netherlands. 1976, he appeared at the FP of Joseph Tal's, Die Versuchung, Munich, giving his final performance as [Wirt] Der Rosenkavalier (1977).